Usage of "winter sleep"

A state of inactivity of some animals during winter, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate.

Uso de winter sleep em inglês

The great glacial field had already awakened from its long winter sleep. 
 The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon 

This he called the devil coiled like a snake in its winter sleep. 
 The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2 

Irish bats favour buildings, roofs, stonework and hollow trees for their winter sleep. 
 The Irish Times 

To awaken that part of me that slept a winter sleep, I thought. 
 The Memoirs of Cleopatra 

Although it was spring, Simla still lay in its winter sleep. 
 The Coming Conquest of England 

She rises from her winter sleep fresh and young as ever. 
 St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No. 07, May 18... 

Leaves are falling, mists are twining, and to winter sleep inclining 
 The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and... 

The call of nature awakening from its long winter sleep drummed in his heart. 
 The Vision Splendid 

The forest, held in its winter sleep, slowly began to move and to talk. 
 Selected Polish Tales 

The muck-heap outside our rest-billet displayed unmistakable signs of upheaval from its winter sleep. 
 All in It : K(1) Carries On 

We call this winter sleep of animals hibernation, and many of the insects hibernate. 
 The Insect Folk 

Then at once all his old jovial condescension waked as from a winter sleep. 
 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V... 

What of the day when the sun rose again from its long winter sleep? 
 The Heart of Unaga 

Rain was falling, & Sea Gate was desolate, still deeply sunk in its winter sleep. 
 The new yorker 

And since they are snugly in their homes, ready for the long winter sleep, lo! 
 The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods 

An old-fashioned cottage stood in the midst of a garden just awakening from its winter sleep. 
 Work: A Story of Experience 

Significados de winter sleep em inglês